Predictive value of initial glasgow coma scale score in pediatric trauma patients

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-48

  Cicero, Mark X ^a   Cross, Keith P ^b  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Glasgow Coma Scale; length of stay; mortality; registry; trauma

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW MOTOR COMPONENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; ROC CURVE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84872287182     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31827b52bf     Document Type: Article

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